Hector Flamenco
Redwood City,CA
Summary
Bilingual (Spanish/English) Construction Project Manager with proven proficiency in insurance claims, construction management, internal and external communications, crew supervision and cost control. Committed to on-time project completions, cost effective budgeting and superb work quality. My insurance claims background working claims at a major Insurance carrier allowed me nicely to transition from Insurance into Construction as a reconstruction project manager.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Construction Project Manager
BMS CAT
Hayward, CA
01.2023 - Current
- Plan, organize and manage crews and work with subcontractors out in the field.
- Established relationships with construction's crew, contractors and clients to align priorities, goals, objectives and deadlines.
- Complete projects on time and within scope of work and budget.
- Maintain safe work environment with zero accidents or lost work days.
- Negotiate pricing and schedules with mitigation team and subs to complete projects on time and with gross profit for BMS.
- Maintained daily communication with subcontractors, clients and inspectors to deliver projects on time.
- Interpreted blueprints and plans and relayed information to team of workers.
- Planned, organized and managed crews and subcontractors through expert communication and handling of work orders and purchase orders.
Sales Manager
JK Plumbing LLC
Burlingame, CA
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Established new accounts and serviced existing accounts maintaining professional relationships.
- Maintained professional network of potential clients and business opportunities.
- Prepared sales production reports for senior management.
- Achieved company growth and brand development through market expansion and sales.
- Developed sales plans, goals, strategies and objectives to achieve team goals and revenue objectives.
- Met with contractors to offer rough plumbing sales for new and existing homes. Walked site with sub to prepare bids for construction projects.
- Work with our crew to meet budget and deadlines on new and existing projects.
Assistant Project Manager
J. Nord Wolf General Contracting, Inc.
San Jose, CA
09.2018 - 01.2022
- Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
- Developed and tracked project milestones to drive on-time and on-budget project delivery.
- Provided clients with high level of service and dedication in effort to extend relationships and promote future opportunities.
- Provided project milestone details to appropriate clients and general contractor(s), and jobs superintendents.
- Negotiated to secure favorable quotes and contracts for supplies.
- Conducted meetings and prepared reports to communicate project status with internal and external stakeholders.
Insurance Claims Specialist
State Farm Insurance
Redwood City, CA
05.1999 - 08.2018
- Managed on-site insurance personnel, training staff in procedures, workflows, carrier underwriting guidelines and sales goals.
- Collaborated with renewal and servicing teams to deliver consistent, personalized sales and customer service to clients.
- Presented insurance products to clients to meet needs and discuss financial investment and return on investment.
- Supervised and trained employees on successful selling techniques.
- Managed employee payroll, hiring, termination, and training to ensure maximum productivity.
- Built sales forecasts and schedules to reflect desired productivity targets.
- Boosted profit margins by effectively managing expenses, budget and overhead, increasing closings and optimizing product turns.
- Met with sales and claims departments to determine process and road maps and create unique products to drive profitability
- Gained market share in new sales performance through aggressive team training.
- Increased repeat customer base by maintaining relationships with high-profile clients and effectively managing service issues.
- Established sales goals and strategies that contributed to increased growth in sales and profitability.
Education
Associate of Science - Construction Management
Columbia University in The City of New York
New York, NY05.2020
Bachelor's - Applied Science and Business
UC Santa Cruz
Skills
Review and manage projects based on insurance claims scope of work, budget, materials, vendors estimates Presently managing 25 insurance claims projects Project included: fire, water, roof and collision related damage
- Team training and management experience
- Manage Best Business Practices for construction trade personnel
- Detailed-oriented with pride in quality work
- Planning & organizing project's schedules after site inspections
- Building site supervision
- Builder Trend software, familiarity with Sales Force and Workwiz project's time tracker
- Work with approved vendors, and subs that I have access to subs to handle extra projects as needed
- Familiar with Xtaware and experience reading blue prints
- Increase Gross Profit on my projects from a 20% average to 35% GP by negotiating pricing with subs and discovering missed items in insurance estimators' scope
- Upsell when the opportunity present itself on change of orders
- Estimating
- Heavy labor
- Fluent in [Language]
- Autodesk Revit
- Demolition
- Trimble SketchUp Pro
- 3D modeling
- Design experience
- Historical restoration
- Scaffolding
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
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Tony Robbins
Timeline
Senior Construction Project Manager
BMS CAT
01.2023 - Current
Sales Manager
JK Plumbing LLC
01.2022 - 12.2022
Assistant Project Manager
J. Nord Wolf General Contracting, Inc.
09.2018 - 01.2022
Insurance Claims Specialist
State Farm Insurance
05.1999 - 08.2018
Associate of Science - Construction Management
Columbia University in The City of New York
Bachelor's - Applied Science and Business
UC Santa Cruz
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